Atharva Veda 4.29.1: Kanda 4, Anuvaka 3, Sukta 29, Mantra 1

Sukta 29

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

पापमोचनम् । म॒न्वे वां॑ मित्रावरुणावृतावृधौ॒ सचे॑तसौ॒ द्रुह्व॑णो॒ यौ नु॒देथे॑ । प्र स॒त्यावा॑न॒मव॑थो॒ भरे॑षु॒ तौ नो॑ मुञ्चत॒मंह॑सः

Sanskrit recitationAtharva Veda 4.29.1

IAST Transliteration

mánve vāṃ mitrā́varuṇāv ṛtā́vṛdhau sácetasau drúhvaṇo yáu nudéthe | prá satyā́vānam ávatho bháreṣu táu no muñcatam áṃhasaḥ

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

I deem you, Mitra, Varuṇa, upholders of Order, of one accord, who drive away the treacherous. Ye aid the man of truth in struggles: from anguish and from sin release ye us.

Translation

Os tengo por Mitra y Varuṇa, sostenedores de la Ṛta, concordes, que expulsáis al traicionero. Socorréis al veraz en las contiendas: de la angustia y del pecado libradnos.

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Word by Word

• मन्वे: I think / I pray / I consider
• मन्वे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु) / मन्वे (आत्मनेपद-रूप)

• वाम्: of you two / you two
• वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मित्रावरुणौ: Mitra and Varuṇa
• मित्रावरुणौ: Kartā
• Type: Noun
• Root: मित्र-वरुण (समाहार/द्वन्द्व-प्रातिपदिक)

• ऋतावृधौ: increasing (upholding) ṛta / promoters of cosmic order
• ऋतावृधौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋत-वृध (बहुव्रीहि/कर्मधारय-प्रातिपदिक)

• सचेतसौ: of one mind / concordant, attentive
• सचेतसौ: Kartā
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-चेतस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• द्रुह्वणः: from the hostile/deceitful one (of the injurer)
• द्रुह्वणः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: द्रुह् (धातु) → द्रुह्वन् (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, शतृ/वन्-प्रकार)

• यौ: who (you two)
• यौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)

• नु: now / indeed
• नु: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नु (निपात)

• नुदेथे: you two drive away / repel
• नुदेथे: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: नुद् (धातु)

• प्र: forth / forward / intensively
• प्र: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र (उपसर्ग/अव्यय)

• सत्यावानम्: the truthful one / one possessing truth
• सत्यावानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत्य-वत् (प्रातिपदिक)

• अवथः: you two protect / help
• अवथः: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव् (धातु) / अव (रक्षणे) → अवथः

• भरेषु: in battles / in struggles
• भरेषु: Adhikaraṇa
• Type: Noun
• Root: भर (प्रातिपदिक: ‘battle/struggle, burden’)

• तौ: those two (you two)
• तौ: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)

• नः: us / for us
• नः: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम)

• मुञ्चतम्: release (you two) / set free
• मुञ्चतम्: Kartā
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)

• अंहसः: from distress / sin / trouble
• अंहसः: Apādāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: अंहस् (प्रातिपदिक)

Attribution

Rishi: Atharvanic tradition; hymn-level attribution varies by anukramaṇī.

Devata: Mitra–Varuṇa

Chandas: Likely Triṣṭubh (requires full metrical verification).

Mantra Rasa

Primary: shanta

Secondary: karuna